China's Xinjiang Province approved plans for 12 wind power zones by '15 to produce 8.5GW.
357 projects underway in Brazil to produce >24GW.
Co-founder of Home Depot on Charlie Rose: provision in jobs bill that would allow unemployed job interviewee to sue the company if turned down based on discrimination against unemployed. Who the heck is going to interview anyone unemployed?! Is this true or a skewed interpretation?
Bullitt Center under construction in Seattle to provide its own water and el.
Toyota plans to commercialize their plant-based biofuel produced from new strain of yeast by '20. Tens of billions of Yen needed to develop.
Novozymes, world's largest industrial enzyme producer, to build plant in Brazil to produce ethanol from sugarcane waste - bagasse. Claims a cheaper process then eth from sugarcane juice. Expects to produce for 64 cents/liter (>quart I think) in '13. 12% less than current prices. O yea, Shell across the streeet now at $3.29/gal. About dang time.
NRC study says due to high costs and difficulty in producing next-gen biofuels, US unlikely to meet govt's usage mandates. Also warns feedstocks needed could compete with food crops for land. And there could be unintended enviro consequences from fertilizer and water requirements. O what are we to do. Really. We didn't get to the moon by shirking off challenges. Course, what did getting to the moon get us? Well, that's a whole other thing. Anyway, the driver will be pump prices and how soon global oil production begins falling.
GE expanding partnership with Nissan to plug EV's into more homes. Well, there's an answer.
Onward and upward, pards.
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